Powder and rouge container



R. Y. BARROWS.

POWDER AND ROUGE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-13,1920.

Patented July 26, 1921.

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BY I 1') WM ATTORNEVS -i R. Y. BARROWS.'

POWDER AND ROUGE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13, 1920.

1,385,856. Patented July 26,1921.

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1 INVENTOR 57" B01685 X B A TTORNEKS'Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BDBERT Y. BARROWS, 0F RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TION OF JERSEY, RATION OF NEW YORK.

OF ONE-HALF TC GEORGE H. HARMAN, IN 0., A CORPORA- AIID ONE-HALF T0 ROBERT Y. BARROWS, INC., A CORPO- IEOWDER i AND ROUGE CONTAINER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1921.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT Y. Bannows, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rutherford, in the county oi; Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder and Rouge Containers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates, generally, to improvements in cases or containers adapted to hold face-powders, cosmetics, and the like; and, the invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of case or container adapted to hold powders and rouge in the form of compacts or cakes, as, for example, one compact comprising white face powder and the other pink or red rouge, said compacts or cakes being supported centrally in a vertical position and back to back, so that intermediate the face of each compact and the opposite wall of the case or container there is provided a storage space for a puff, thus providing, in a very neat and attractive form, a double compartment case or container.

The invention has, therefore, for its prin cipal object to provide a very simple and at tractive vertical double compact combination case or container or small bulk, having means for supporting two compacts, one of which is composed of white face powder and theother of pink or red rouge, in such novel relation tq the interior of the case or container, that the same are securely held in a central vertical position back to back within the case, and in such spaced relation from the sides of the case or container as to provide a separate compartment adjacent to the face of each compact for the reception of the pufi's serving the respective compacts.

Other objects of the present invention, notat this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

lVith the various objects of the invention in view, the same consists, primarily, in the novel construction of vertical double compact case or container hereinafter set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of said parts, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the claimsappended thereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an exterior or face view of one form of the case or container embodying the principles of my present invention; Fig. 2 is an edge or side View of the same, the opened position of the cover portion being indicated in dotted outline; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken on line 3-3 in said Fig. 2; Fig. l is a vertical longitudinal cross-section, taken on line 4-4 in said Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a top view of the case or container with the cover portion open, said cover portion being partially broken away; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal cross-section, taken on line 66 in said Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a top view, with cover portion open, of a somewhat modified form of my novel case or container, which embodies, however, the general principles of my invention Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same with the cover closed; Fig. 9 is a vertical longitudinal cross-section, taken on line 9-9 in said Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a combined compact retaining means and holding device for stick cosmetics, which is employed 90 in the said modified form of my novel case or container.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive of the drawings, I have illustrated therein one embodiment of my novel case or container, comprising a main body or shell 1 which may be variously formed to produce the desired ornamental exterior contour or shape. The end walls of said body or shell 1 are provided with vertically disposed outwardly pressed ribs 2, which are centrally positioned intermediate the side walls of the body or shell, thus providing in the inner faces of said end walls vertical receiving iorm-witha'flat back and convex face.

grooves or channels 3. The upper ends of said ribs 2 terminate short of the margin of the open end'of said body or shell, and are thereby arranged to provide a shoulder or stop-portion 4: at the upper end or extremity of each groove or channel 3. The margin of the open end of said body or shell '1 is formed toprovide an inwardly off-set cover engaging bezel 5. the open end of saidbody or shell ,1, by means of a suitable hinge connection 6, is a cover member 7, which, when closed, engages telescopically over the above mentioned bezel 5. Arranged within said cover member '7, and sea-ted against the inner side of the top wall thereof is a mirror member 8, the same being retained in place by a retaining ring 9 which is engaged in an internal groove 10 provided by an annular beadll) formed in said covermember.

The compacts to be retained within the.

body or shell 1 comprise, a face powder comjpact l1 and a rouge compact l2. Each comand 12 is preferably circular in In mounting the compacts within the body or shell, the same are placed back to back, and

pact 11 .are then inserted within the interior of the bod -or s'hellwith opposite points of their marginal edges 13 entered within the embrace or said grooves or channels 3' (as shown more particularly inliig. '6 of the drawings). The lower edgesoi said compacts may or shell, unless (asshown in'the drawings) the body or shell tapers toward its lower ends, in which case engagement with the inwardly inclined grooves or channels 3 will adequatelysupportthe same;v When thus arranged within the body or shell 1, the compacts 11 tral vertical positionyso that a puffreceiving space or compartment 14c is provided intermediate the. convex "face of each com pactandthe opposite wall of the container In order to prevent displacement or case.

. of thecompacts 1i and 12 from their above the drawings).

described central vertical thefbody or shell 1, I provide an arcuate retaining yoke 15, the main body of which is concavo-convex in cross-section, sothat the same may be caused to embrace the upper portions of the margins of the compacts (as shown more clearly in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of The free ends 16 of said retaining yoke 15 are upwardlycurved, and are adapted to be sprung respectivelybeneath the respective shoulders'or stop-portions 42 at the upper endsof the grooves or channels 3, and when so engaged are placed under suiiicient tension to. firmly hold the yoke 1-5 in engaged relation to the compacts,

as well as against displacement from its retainingrelatlon thereto. Placed, in the re- Secured to rest upon the bottom of the bodyv and 12ers supported in a cendisposition within.

compacts spective compartments Mare therpuiis l7 and 18, one serving to cooperate with the face powder compact 11 and the other with the rouge compact 12/ In utilizing the device, the user opens the cover-memberi, and grasping the puff desired, withdraws the same from itscompartment thereby causing the same to frictionally pass over the face of the compact which it serves so that some of the material oi the compact is thereby transferred to the pui face for application by means of the putt to the person of the user.

From the above description it will be evident t'hat my novel case providing for the mounting and retaining of the compacts in vertical position makes for a considerable reduction in the bulk of thecase, while at the same timerendering the case itself subject to a wide range of variation in shape and design, thus permitting the embodiment thereinof a'var'iety oi": ornamental eiiects 'which greatly enhance the distinctiveness the insertion and 7 to. 10 inclusive however, the basic principles of my have tion. In this construction, the referencecharacter 19' indicatesthe main body or shell, provided adjacent tothe margin of its open end with an annular outwar'dly projecting bead 20 providing an internal groove 21, that portion o'li th [main body or shell which projects above said bead 20 forming a cover engaging bezel 22. Pivotally' connected with said main body or shell 19, by means a suitable hinge connection 23, is a cover member 24, within which is arranged a mirror member 25 SGCUI'Gd'lII place by a suitable retaining inlay 26. In this modified construction of case or container, I have not only provided means for supporting the 11 and 12 back to back in the cen- :tral vertical disposition within the interior;

of the case, which is the essential principle of my invention, but I have also combined. with the means for retaining the compacts in said position additional means'providing sockets or holders for other cosmetics, such,

for example, as a lip stick 27 and an eyebrow pencil 28. This combined; compact and cosmetlc retaining means comprises a.

supporting plate 29 disposed vertically within the main body or shell to extend in a centrally longitudinal direction there sockets or holders 31 through. v The respective ends of said plate 29 are rolled to provide cylindrical or tubular portions 30 forming vertical receiving for the reception and support of said lip stick 27 and said eyebrow pencil in order to hold the said plate 29 in position against displacement I provide the outer portions of the margins of the tubular portions 30, at their upper ends, with lugs 32 which are turned into the. internal groove 21 of the body or shell, as shown more clearly in Fig. 8 of the draw ings. The compacts l1 and 12 are arranged back to back, one on either side of said supporting plate 29, and the latter is provided at its lower edge with gripping lugs 33 and 3st, one of which is turned upwardly over the lower marginal edge portion of the comoact 11, and the other of which is turned upwardly over the lower marginal edge portion of the compact 12. An arcuate yoke member is provided for mutual engagement over the upper marginal edge portions of the compacts 11 and 12, the same being anchored or secured against displacement from such holding relation to the compacts 11 and 12, by means of a lug 36 which projects up wardly from the central portion of said plate 29, and through which extends a pertoration 37 provided in said yoke-member, said lug being then turned or clenched over in retaining relation to said yoke member. By the above described means it will be ap parent that the compacts l1 and 12 are securely retained in the necessary vertical and centrally disposed back to back relation to the interior of the body or shell 19, so that their convex faces are outwardly presented and spaced from the side walls or" the body or shell so as to provide puff receiving compartments 88 adjacent to each compact, in which may be inserted the respective pufis l7 and 18, whereby the same are operatively engaged with and related to the respective faces of said compacts 11 and 12.

It will be readily understood from the above description, that the modified structure embodies the general essential features of my invention, so far as the vertical arrangement and disposition of the compacts is concerned, and in addition said structure provides a very convenient means for storing and carrying other cosmetics in stick Iorm.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the appended claims. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the said devices and parts as described in said specification, nor do I confine myself to 'ing centrally through the the exact details of the construction of ,said

drawings.

I clalm 1. A container for powder and rouge compacts providing a single vertical compartment, means for retaining the compacts in central vertical back to back disposition within said compartment, and spaced from the side walls thereof to provide vertical puff receiving spaces adjacent to each compact.

2. A container for powder and rouge compacts, comprising a main body, a cover member hinged to the upper open end of said main body, and means for retaining the compacts in central vertical back to back disposition within said main body and spaced from the side walls thereof to provide ver tical putt receiving pockets adjacent to each compact.

3. A container for powder and rouge compacts, comprising a main body, a cover member hinged to the upper open end of said main body, means for retaining the compacts in central vertical back to back disposition within said main body and spaced from the side walls thereof to provide vertical puff receiving pockets adjacent to each compact, an arcuate yoke member in embracing relation to the upper marginal edges of said compacts, and means for retaining said yoke member in position.

a. A container for powder and rouge compacts, comprising a main body, a cover member hinged to the upper open end of said main body, means for holding said compacts in central vertical back to back disposition within said main body and spaced from the side walls of the latter to provide putt receiving compartments adjacent to each compact, and means for holding said compacts against outward withdrawal from said main body 5. A container for powder and rouge compacts, comprising a main body and cover therefor, a vertical supporting plate extending centrally through the interior of said main body, said plate having at its ends vertical tubular portions providing holders for stick cosmetics, means retaining said plate against displacement from said main body, and means for mounting respectively upon the opposite faces of said plate said respective compacts to hold the same in vertical disposition and spaced from the walls of said main body to provide puflf receiving compartments adjacent to each compact. j 6. A container for powder and rouge compacts comprising a main body and cover therefor, a vertical supporting plate extend interior of said main body, said plate having at its ends vertical tubular portions providing holders for stick cosmetics, means retaining said plate against displacement from said main body,

the lower margin of said plate having'out edges oi said respective compacts to support the latter in vertical positions one on each side 0i said plate, an arcuate yoke member for mutually engaging the upper edgesoi said compacts, a clenchmg lug pro ect1ng from sald plate upwardly through saldyoke member in holding relation thereto, and said compacts as thus supported being spaced fromflthe Walls of said main body to prov1de vertical pufi receiving compartments adj acent to each compact.

In testimony that I cla1m forth above I have hereunto August, 1920;

this 10th day of ROBERT Y. Witnesses: I

GEORGE H.- HAR AN, GEORGE 'D. RICHARDS.

the invention set set my hand BARROWSQ 

